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The double modal construction in English world wide

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The dual foci of the present study of double modals are their semantic characteristics and their distribution across regional varieties of English world wide. Tokens were extracted from GloWbE:Blogs, a database whose great size and informal tenor facilitated the investigation of this low‐frequency non‐standard feature. Double modals were found
Peter Collins, Adam Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
wiley   +1 more source

Exploratory preferences explain the human fascination for imaginary worlds in fictional stories. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Dubourg E   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Repeated pulses of volcanism drove the end-Permian terrestrial crisis in northwest China. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Dal Corso J   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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